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Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

USA116th CongressS-2119| Senate 
| Updated: 10/24/2019
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Cosponsors (1)
Rick Scott (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An adverse finding is a determination that an employee's conduct violated (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year. The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made, and the agency must allow such employee to repay such bonus using a repayment plan. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.

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Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-696
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act
Jul 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jul 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 24, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 24, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-152.
Oct 24, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-696
    Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act


  • July 15, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 15, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • July 24, 2019
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.


  • October 24, 2019
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-152.


  • October 24, 2019
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.

Government Operations and Politics

Administrative remediesCongressional oversightEmployee performanceExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsMerit Systems Protection Board

Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

USA116th CongressS-2119| Senate 
| Updated: 10/24/2019
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An adverse finding is a determination that an employee's conduct violated (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year. The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made, and the agency must allow such employee to repay such bonus using a repayment plan. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.

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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-696
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act
Jul 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jul 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 24, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 24, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-152.
Oct 24, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-696
    Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act


  • July 15, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 15, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • July 24, 2019
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.


  • October 24, 2019
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-152.


  • October 24, 2019
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Cosponsors (1)
Rick Scott (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightEmployee performanceExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsMerit Systems Protection Board